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11/14/2010

I honestly thought I'd see what the combination of one mobile phone manufacturer is taking another brand of mobile phones based on alleged patent infringements. But it turns out I missed one: HTC challenge Apple.

How to become a familiar tactic, not HTC sues Apple as such. Instead, it asked the International Trade Commission, which, despite the name, is a U.S. government body that has some powers of the import rights.

complaints relating to five patents, including power management, speed dial, and how the data are moved between RAM and flash memory when the battery level drops so low that the closure is on the cards. Due to the equipment infringes any patent, HTC wants the ITC to block imports of the Apple phone in the U.S., and iPhone, this will ban iPods and iPads.

now, it's tempting to say a whole bunch of them should have their heads knocked together and announced that it is a waste of time, effort and money that could be better spent developing more efficient mobile phones.

But wanting to turn out to be much more optimistic, it could be argued, that is awesome information using the U.S. economy. Firstly, what an awesome offer of purpose for U.S. law firms. Secondly, it is feasible that ITC may throw their arms and concur to each of the required import ban. At this point, there can be practically no mobile phones producing their way using the U.S. and companies will most possible be forced to available U.S. factories if they need to stay concerning the market.

11/02/2010

Motorola Inc. announced Wednesday that it has filed three complaints against Apple over alleged patent infringements in its popular wireless and mobile devices.

The complaints were filed with the International Trade Commission as well as in the Northern District of Illinois and the Southern District of Florida.

The complaints allege that Apple's (AAPL, Fortune 500) popular iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and some of its computers infringe on Motorola's (MOT, Fortune 500) patents in the areas of antenna design and other smartphone technologies. According to Motorola, Apple has infringed on 18 patents.

"After Apple's late entry into the telecommunications market, we engaged in lengthy negotiations, but Apple has refused to take a license," said Kirk Dailey, corporate vice president of intellectual property at Motorola Mobility. "We had no choice but to file these complaints to halt Apple's continued infringement. Motorola will continue to take all necessary steps to protect its R&D and intellectual property, which are critical to the company's business."

Representatives from Apple were not immediately available for comment.

According to Motorola, the company has asked the trade commission to issue an order that would bar Apple from importing, selling, marketing or warehousing the products in question.

The suit is the latest in a flurry of mobile patent disputes. On Friday, Microsoft filed a lawsuit against Motorola, saying the smartphone maker had infringed on nine patents in its Android-based devices.

Apple filed a lawsuit in March against HTC, the Taiwanese maker of smartphones, for allegedly infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone's user interface, underlying architecture and hardware.

And in August, Oracle sued Google over what it says are software patent violations in Google's Android mobile operating system.